Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Sam, things are dire
Sam, things are dire. I lost my appeal on 29 March,
they upheld the decision of ATOS and the DWP. I am 'Fit for Work' and
am now waiting for my Benefits to be stopped. I am now attending the
district mental health team I am so stressed. I am to have a Return to
Work interview in a few weeks and expect to return to the system of
40-50 job applications every week. As I am not able to retire until 2024
I see the next few years as being bleak indeed. I can only hope that I
die soon.
Friday, May 30, 2014
My Reaction to Mike Penning's Statement on the future of the Independent Living Fund
The DWP has been hell-bent on closing the Independent Living Fund and refuses to acknowledge the obvious: that the mainstream adult social care system, which it considers the right approach, is inadequately funded and will be subjected to further budgetary cuts in the years to come.
The government's commitment to disabled people living independent lives has already been called into question by the fact that almost two thirds of claimants assessed for the government’s new disability benefit have been rejected, figures show.
A total of 220,300 new claims have been registered for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) since it was introduced last April.
Of those, only 34,200 have so far gone for a decision, with 12,654 – or 37% – eventually approved.
The government's commitment to disabled people living independent lives has already been called into question by the fact that almost two thirds of claimants assessed for the government’s new disability benefit have been rejected, figures show.
A total of 220,300 new claims have been registered for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) since it was introduced last April.
Of those, only 34,200 have so far gone for a decision, with 12,654 – or 37% – eventually approved.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Did DWP Change Criteria To Assessing Personal Independence Payments (PIP)?
Did DWP Change Criteria To
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Mr. Mike Penning
Minister of State for Disabled People
Department for Work and Pensions
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9DA
Minister of State for Disabled People
Department for Work and Pensions
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9DA
Dear Mr. Penning,
I am a 57-year-old Disability Studies specialist and disability activist from Montreal, Canada who has been reporting frequently and voluntarily, since January 2012, to senior United Nations officials on the welfare crisis for the United Kingdom's sick and disabled.
I am a 57-year-old Disability Studies specialist and disability activist from Montreal, Canada who has been reporting frequently and voluntarily, since January 2012, to senior United Nations officials on the welfare crisis for the United Kingdom's sick and disabled.
As you know, Personal Independence Payments (PIP) helps with some of the extra
costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability if you’re aged 16 to 64.
I am concerned that the DWP may have recently changed the
criteria to assessing PIP and would appreciate your comments on the veracity of
the following information contained in this blog piece:
http://www.ldascotland.org/
On
another matter, I am distressed by this news story: http://www.http://www.ldascotland.org/
Just to clear a few things up, we can afford to have children we were
both working full time, but due to poppy ariving early and haveing to come home
on a drip for 12 hours every day my wife had to leave work, be medicaly trained
to car efor our daughter, hence loosing one wage. we have never claimed benefits
prior to this and require them to help with our daughters care, also we have not
chosen what benefits we have they were given, also if we loose the DLA we loose
the others too, we have appealed it, and given them lots of medical evidence,
the story is the fact that we are loosing it over a NON medical person choosing
to take it from us, they say she is a normal child, i dont know any normall
child that has a sergical line in a main artery and that can go from fine to
bleeding out in seconds if she was to pull it, also what normal baby is hooked
up to two drip bags 12 hours a day?? thank you for all the comments and hope
this clears a few things up. Ben
In closing, I thank you for your consideration in these matters and look
forward to your e-mail reply.
Best wishes.
-- Samuel Miller
http://
http://independent.academia.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/
http://www.independent.co.uk/
http://you.38degrees.org.uk/
http://mikesivier.wordpress.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
E-Mail: disabilityinliterature@gmail.
Blog: Hephaestus: Disability Studies
http://illnessandcivilization.
Blog: My Disability Studies Blackboard
http://
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/
(Montreal, Canada)
Cc: Jorge Araya
Secretary of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Groups in Focus Section
Human Rights Treaties Division
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
E-mail: jaraya@ohchr.org
Tel: +41 22 917 9106
Fax: +41 22 917 9008
Web: www.ohchr.org
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
[UK] Train to Facilitate a Peer Support Group for Paranoia & Beliefs
PARANOIA & BELIEFS PEER SUPPORT GROUPS
Why not set up a new kind of peer support group?
where unusual or distress-related beliefs can be discussed openly
We are looking for professionals and people with lived experience
interested in learning how to facilitate
4-day facilitation training course
24th, 25th 30th July & 1st Aug 2014
apply using attached application form
deadline for applications: 11th July 2014
for people aiming to set up and facilitate a Paranoia & Beliefs Peer Support Group
Prices:
FREE for people with lived experience of paranoia
£170 per person for Voluntary Organisations
£220 per person for Statutory Organisations
The
London Paranoia & Beliefs Project launched in February 2012,
and is run by Mind in Camden in association with the National Paranoia Network.
Mind in Camden is known for its
previous success establishing a London-wide network of groups for people who
hear voices. Hearing Voices Groups are founded on an ethos of
acceptance and validation, providing a safe space where members can
share without fear of judgement, and where their experiences are
understood as having personal meaning. The
London Paranoia & Beliefs Project aims to develop a similar network of peer support groups
for people experiencing paranoia or distress related to beliefs. There are now
10 such groups currently running in London, and another 6 in preparation – where beliefs can be explored, common ground discovered, and coping strategies shared.
We
can support you to set up your own Paranoia & Beliefs peer support
group: exactly how is detailed in the attached ‘Project Info
for Partners’. Your group will need a minimum of two trained
facilitators, and we will be offering 1 more facilitation training
course after this one (dates: October 9th, 10th, 15th & 17th).
Venue:
Amnesty International UK
Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London
EC2A 3EA
Your help distributing the flyer would be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to your applications
with best wishes
John Wetherell
Project Assistant
020 7241 8978
London Paranoia & Beliefs Project
run in partnership with the National Paranoia Network
Mind in Camden
[UK] CCDS seminar reminder: Young DaDa by Claire Penketh
Young DaDa: Evaluating Participation in the Arts.
Dr Claire Penketh
Date: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Time: 2.15 – 3.45pm
Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University, UK
This seminar will report on participatory evaluative research carried out by
members of Young DaDa and students from Liverpool Hope University. Young
Dada is a Liverpool based organization developed to encourage participation
in the arts by Deaf and disabled young people. The evaluation project was
designed to enable us all to learn about the practice of using participatory
methods and the ways in which the arts can enable participation. Here
‘voice’ takes many forms as evaluation methods evolved into drawing, song
and role-play.
Claire Penketh is Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, and a core member of
the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University.
She is author of A Clumsy Encounter: Dyspraxia and Drawing (Sense, 2011) and
has recently contributed to the CCDS book Changing Social Attitudes Toward
Disability: Perspectives from Historical, Cultural, and Educational Studies
(Routledge, 2014).
Like the new CCDS book on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/
This seminar is part of the CCDS series, The Voice of Disability.
The next seminar is 15th Jul, Crip Displacements: Voices of Disability,
Neoliberalism, and Resistance, Robert McRuer.
For further information please contact:
Dr. David Bolt
Director, Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
http://ccds.hope.ac.uk/
Dr Claire Penketh
Date: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Time: 2.15 – 3.45pm
Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University, UK
This seminar will report on participatory evaluative research carried out by
members of Young DaDa and students from Liverpool Hope University. Young
Dada is a Liverpool based organization developed to encourage participation
in the arts by Deaf and disabled young people. The evaluation project was
designed to enable us all to learn about the practice of using participatory
methods and the ways in which the arts can enable participation. Here
‘voice’ takes many forms as evaluation methods evolved into drawing, song
and role-play.
Claire Penketh is Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, and a core member of
the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University.
She is author of A Clumsy Encounter: Dyspraxia and Drawing (Sense, 2011) and
has recently contributed to the CCDS book Changing Social Attitudes Toward
Disability: Perspectives from Historical, Cultural, and Educational Studies
(Routledge, 2014).
Like the new CCDS book on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/
This seminar is part of the CCDS series, The Voice of Disability.
The next seminar is 15th Jul, Crip Displacements: Voices of Disability,
Neoliberalism, and Resistance, Robert McRuer.
For further information please contact:
Dr. David Bolt
Director, Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
http://ccds.hope.ac.uk/
Monday, May 19, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
The Disability Movement Calls For The Active Participation of Organisations Of Persons With Disabilities In The Implementation Of The UN Convention
THE
DISABILITY MOVEMENT CALLS FOR THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF ORGANISATIONS
OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN CONVENTION
Zagreb, 18 May 2014 |
The European conference on ‘Monitoring the implementation of the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in practice’
brought together more than 200 individuals from the disability movement
all around Europe, the Croatian authorities, as well as representatives
of European organisation and the Commission. Organised by EDF in
cooperation with its Croatian members, SOIH, in the frame of EDF’s
Annual General Assembly, the European conference opened a dialogue
between national and European organisations of persons with disabilities
concerning their view on the upcoming EU report to the UN Committee on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The different sessions of the conference focused on the right to work
with examples of legislative and social protection reforms to ensure
equal access to the labour market for persons with disabilities, as well
as on the involvement of women and men with disabilities including children and their representative organisations in the implementation of the Convention. In these terms, the disability movement adopted a resolution on the future of financial sustainability of civil participation on the movement of persons with disabilities in Europe.
Lila Sylviti
Communication
European Disability Forum | nothing about us without ustel +32 2 282 46 04 | fax +32 2 282 46 09 lila.sylviti@edf-feph.org - www.edf-feph.org
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